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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03
puNpER,s SAYINGS.
The Observations of One Who Looks mt the
World with Experienced Eyes.

The Observations of One Who Looks mt the
World with Experienced Eyes
doan' belief half / hear-onless it
vhas scandal. Den belief it all, and
more. too.
Der fact dot our neighbor can haf a
new coat while we haf to wear our old
one vhas blenty excuse to hate him.
When a young man who vhas oudt of
work and money und in rags comes to
you for help. tell him ''dere vhas room
at der top" 1t vhas good advice-und
VERY sheap-
If somebody robs me of two cents /
vhant him arrested for der principle of
it. Der shmaller der sum der more /
stick for principle. You can buy a
whole carload of it for a cent.
When a man begins to pellet dot he
owns der earth. it vhas time to put him
up for candidate for constable and let
him see how few admirers he has.
When l meet man who hungers to
reform der human race. 1 took notis
dot he vhas somebody who vhas tired
of honest labor, or he vhas scarf out of
wicked career by der police.
When goes into a grocery and sees
der sign dot honesty vhas der best
policy, doan' buy some coffee dere.
1t vhas sure to be half chicory.
If we lose n dollar on der shtreet we
vhas madt because der finder vhas not
honest enough to return it. If we find
fife dollar we feel dot der owner ought
to lose it for his carelessness.
If you gif somepody advice find out
first how he believes, und den make
your advice to agree with it. Der man
whose advice doan' tally nit our
opinions vhas no good.
l doan' shudge Christian man by
der length of his prayers or der loud
ness of his song. Der question vhas il
he pays his debts und keeps his hens
nit his own yard.
If we vhas in der coal peesness und
giving eighteen hoonered pounds for 9
4on. we keep an eye on der wood mar
/ dot he gifts full measure NIT his wood
If / vhas good man like to hal
der fact kept off my tombstone. De-
graveyard critic gifts nopoby credit
Anticipation vhas big dinner which
we eat up und shtill feel hungry al
oafer.-DetroI Free Press.
I
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03
SMUT IN CORN.
Its Prevention Effected by Soaking the
seed In Copper Sulphate solution.

It's Prevention Effected by Soaking the
seed In Copper suIphate solution.
Smut in corn is fast becoming pre-
vailing evil, iniuring the crops and
poisoning the fodder and the cattle
which consume il. Its nature is worth
study. so that some remedy can be
found for it. Ii is "A pure parasitic dis
ease. no doubt. which affects every part
of the plant and is rs liable To infect
the seed and the soil as the plant itself.
In fact the evidence goes to show that
every part of the plant is infected. for
the outburst of the seed of the fungus
appears in every part. the roots. stem.
leaves. flowers and seed being all more
or less affected. The soil can not
help but be infected by the
large quantity of smut left upon
it in the debris of the crop
and that brought by the winds and
washed down by the rains from the air
in which it lloats. The smut of corn is
precisely like that of wheat or oats in
its prominent characteristics and diff
fers from the latter in some invisible
points only, and the means for evading
this which are used with effect with the
smaller grains may be used equally
with corn. We have been experiment.
ing with corn SMUT for some years and
have found the soaking of seed in a
solution of sulphate of copper or one of
chloride of potash-the common muri-
ate of pota used as fertilizer-has
the same effect in preventing smut in
the crop as it has with wheat and oats.
N. i. Times.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03
THE SHEPHERD DOG.
Kindness and Patience the Principle Rules
for His Training.

for His Training.
p.ain the pup from the the time he is
one month old; train him to know what
you want him to do. by Kindness; show
him what You want done, and then
kindly but firmly keep him ut his task
until he has learned il. Fondle and
pet him for duty we'll performed and
the next time he will do it with greater
alacrity and pleasure. Talk to him "
YOU wou d to child and you will be
surprised to note how well he under
stands you. A few lessons will serve
to teach him from your manner the
difference between right and left; 'go"
and come and walk" .'quick'
and "slow." If your pup is isintelligent,
it will take only short time to teach
him the above lessons. Ihave seen pups
six weeks old keep stock from coming
through an open gate. The shepherd pup
is much like child; he is great imi-
tator. / know n pup six months old
that can tell rs well as his master if his
fourteen cows are in the lot at milking
time The owner of this pup told me
that one evening when he supposed the
cows were all in the pup caught the
gate which he was closing and pulled it
open and then started on run and
brought in another cow that had not
been missed. Didn't that pup know
thirteen from fourteen? Don't. abuse
your dog. Give the most intelligent
pup on earth to coarse, brutal master,
and | guarantee he will turn out a
worthless cur. Kindness to animals is
as much duty as kindness to our fell
| low men. 1t is as natural for Il we'll
bred, intelligent Scotch shepherd dog
to work as to eat, and the only rules
for his training are to be kind, patient
and faithful in your instruction.
Massachusetts, PiOughmdn.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03

The Presbyterian General Assem-
bly,. of England. have forwarded a pc
tition to Queen Victoria praying for
protection to their mission work in the
New Hebrides- 1t is pointed out that
the missionaries have been successful
in civilizing large portion of the peo-
pie of the New Hebrides. Nearly
ESQ. 900 has been expended in carry
ing on the work, in which sixteen mis-
sionaries and over one hundred native
teachers and evangelists are engaged.
The mission has made 5000 converts
to Christianity while 90. 900 natives had
been more or less civilized
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03

How inconsistent most persons arel
You shoot off n pun, a brand-new ono
possibly, and you are threatened with
instant annihilation, but the same man
who thus objects will spend dollar
and half and three hours at the
theater listening to the most archaic of
word-twisting, laugh uproariously at
every pun, and next day retail all he
can remember 10 his friends and ac-
quaintances. As Colonel Ingersoll
once remarked. there's something
wrong somewhere.-P Philadelphia Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03

Mrs. Cignavali, the woman who
murdered her husband in New York in
order that she might marry another
man, practiced two weeks under the
instructions of her lover in order that
she might make sure of her aim when
the time came.--N Y. Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03

Steam pipes. by local ordinance.
must be kept at a distance of three
inches from any woodwork. in San
Francisco.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03

john Monroe. a young man living
with his widowed sister, Mrs. w. IL.
Green, in the northern part of Georgia,
found the other day 81, ,480 in gold
buried in the cellar, money that was
laid away and lost during the war, over
twenty years ago, by Mrs. Green's sius-
band Monroe was moved merely by
impulse to dig in the cellar.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03

The man who never committed a
folly never appreciated wisdom. - White
hall Times.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
NJ MloNNA AlTays Always hay hay

wv Acker's Baby
Soother ct hand. 1t is the only safe
medicine yet made that will remove
all infantile disorders. 1t contains no
Opium. or Morphine, but gives the child
natural ease from pain. Price % cents
Sold by
J. w. Conn.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
Northward the Boom Star.

Collector o. the POET James
Price has returned with his family
from a vacation OF several weeks
spent in southern Oregon. He
says that the unmistakable s'g.s
of the boom are pointing north
ward; that the people of Calilor-
MIA are crossing the line into Ore
gon in great numbers, selling
farms at high prices, and buying
equally good farms IL the valley
of the Rogue river and other
places. .'It is
all pointing northward," he says;
''the people of southern Oregon,
and indeed of oil Oregon, have
huiit high hopes CA the results to
fellow the completion Of the Ore
gon & California road. So far as
that road IS concerned" be cou-
tinued, sit will doubtless soon he
compi"red, but it is being built
very cheaply. The ties are bad
aud the hailasting worse, and yet
they run the trains like the very
neuce for speed. 1t is no uncom-
mon thing 10 see mud and water
thrown all over the SIDE Of the car
where the train dashcs over a
loose tie. The country down
there, too, is being overrun with
tramps. The conductor came to
me as we were nearing II station
and told me they had 4 whole lot
of passengers on board who were
not paying fare. 1 asked him
where they were. 'On the brake
beams,' he said; every brakebeam
has a man on it, "-PoSt-Inteli-
Osllefr.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30

Perhaps the most lucrative Of
fee in the national government,
next TO the presidency itself, is The
c!crkship of the supreme court al
Washington. Ii yields an annual
income in fees OF from $4,000 10
$4,000.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30

The shadow of Sullivan's glove
lies upon Europe and no one picks
it up, out of regard for the big fist
that is in it.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
Meetinu Notice,

FVHE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCK
n holders Of the Masonic Land and RuIld-
ing Association of Astoria. will be held at
the Office OF Capt George Riavei on wednes-
day, December q, 1887, al o'clock p. NJ,
ior the purpose Of electing five directors for
the ensuing year. and for The transaction Of
such other business as NAV come before the
meeting. s. 7. MckEAS. see'ty.
Astoria, Nov. I9, 1857.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
GyNA

MA md reliable Medicines are
WV tho best TO depend upon.
Acker's Blood Elixir has been pre-
scribed for years for I'll Impurities oi
rhe Blood. In every form of Scrofu-
louS, Syphilitic or MercuriGl Diseases
It is invaluable. For rheumatism,
has no equal.
j. W. Conn.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30

Last spring I suffered greatly from a
Troublesome humor on my side. In spite
Of every effort to cure this eruption, it in
creased until the flesh became entirely
raw. was troubled, at the same time,
,;,.a Indigestion, and distressing pains in
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30

In the coaal fishery of the Med
iterranean nearly 600 boats are
employed, manned by about 5000
men.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
Night Boat to Portland.
Teachers Examination.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT FOR
~ he purpose Of making an examination
OF al persons who may offer themselves as
caHd daie for teachers of the SchaolS uf this
county. The county school sulerntendent
thereof will n IL a public examination at
the principal's room in the sclloo hoese in
district No. One, brg ing az twelve noon,
on Wednesday, November so. 1887.
=. r. PAGE,
County School Supt Clatson county. Or.
Dated this 10Th day OF November. iss..
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30

AONlk iriHe Wl,n any Throat
~ or Lung Disease. If you
have Cough or Cold, or the children
arc threatened with Group or Whoop-
ing Cough, use Acker's English Rem
edy and prevent further trouble. 1t
IS positive cure, and We guarantee
it Price 10 and 20 cents.
I W Copp
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30

" NON W. Would dd,f efnjoyyous ajs ,;nogssLa5 din
by Dyspepsia, use Acker's Dyspepsia
Tablets. They are positive cure for
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Flatuleucy
and Constipation. We guarantee
them. % and so cents.
J. W. Conn.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30

A man out in Kentucky has
just found heavy pot of gold. 1t
is likely that he lifted it with three
Jacks.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30

The way TO boom a river is TO
dam it, and then break the dam.
The way to dam town is to boom
it and then break the boom.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
Wa vC&S0N WI W,

Elixir is warranted, is because it is
the best Blood Preparation known.
1t will positively cure all Blood Dis
eases, puriiies the whole system. and
thoroughly builds UP the constitution.
Remember, we guarantee il.
J. W. Conn.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
For Sale.

business PROPERTY ~ THIS CITY.
ID paving fourteen per cent. on the invest
one wear. Call al the occident Hotel
Astoria, Eev. 20, 1887.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-08-11
CARVING POULTRY.
How It Can Be Accomplished withou
Once Removing the Fork.

How II Can Be Accomplished wlthou
Once Removing the Fork.
An expert carver can divide poultr,
without removing the fork from tn
breast bone or turning the bird on th
lish, but n beginner will do well Il
rave small fork Mt hand for the pur
pose Of laying cut portions aside ..
he carving progresses. Turn tn
iird so that the carving fork can b
ield in the left hand and firmly fxe,
the breastbOne, and use yer
harp knife with small flexible blad,
first cut of both drum-sticks ut IN
,ne' joint, and then rcn owe th
.econd joints. With tender bir
his is not a difficult matter; but bot
.trength and skill are needed to cop
uccessfully with tough or undol
one turkey. because very stron
news are plentiful about the le
pints. Next cut or the first joints G.
he wings and the pinions, and the
hs joints nearest the body. Til
Method Of cutting or the first joints
he legs and wings before separatin,
hem from the body saves that trouble.
ONE feat Of holding those members
While they are being dijointcd. Ere
luently they slip about the platter and
patter the dish gravy.
After the wings are removed cut Of
he merry-thought or wishbone, ano
.hcn the wing side bones which hold
he breast TO the backbone; then carve
he breast in medium thin slices. an,
acrve the bird, giving gravy and stufiini
IN each plate. lfthe diners are numor.
Us il may be necessary to cut OF NOR
Il the flesh. and even to dismcmber th,
.arcE0 ~ -'.a be done with more oi
.ess ease rs the cHrver understands thu
,natomy Of the bird. II carver
would study the location OF the joint.
while carving, and take the trouble T.
cnt up several carcasses by striking
the points where the bones are Joined
together, subsequent carving would be-
easy. The joints Of all birds are sim.
ilarly placed. so nearly identical In
point Of junction that one is guide to
all others. Hdrpcr's Bazar.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-08-11
The oRNlrHoRHYNcnus.
PecuIiaritles OF strange Little Anima
with Very Long Name.

peculiaritics OF n Strange Little Animal
with n Very Long Name.
OF all the curious animals living In
Australia the ornithorhynchus, or duck
bill, has the greatest charm for young
people. Tho attention Of grave natural
lists has likewise been attracted to this
strange little creature on account of
the singular resemblance it bears to
both birds and quadrupeds.
Altogether this animal is so peculiar
that the first descriptions Of It were
scarcely believed TO be true, and when
a stuffed specimen was taken 20 Eng
land, persons suspected that joke had
been practiced upon them, and that the
bill OF some Australian bird had mis-
chievously been fastened to the head of
quadruped.
When swimming upon its native
streams and pools the ornithorhynchus
shows only its head above the surface
Of the water, and It obtains its food of
worms and insects in the same manner
MS the duck. by thrusting its bill into
the mud. This timid creature prefers
twilight TO the glare Of day, and takes
fright very easily IL any attempt is
made to capture It, II carefully dresses
and pecks its fur, and when asleep 1t
rolls up its body so snugly that one
might almost mistake il for ball.
The broad tail and short legs are no
doubt helpful in swimming, and the
web which unites the toes tells its own
story so plainly as to need no interpre-
ter
But the ornithorhynchus is burrow-
ing animal rs well rs swimmer, and
although this web extends beyond !he
claws on the forefeet, yet it does not in
terfere with digging in the earth, be-
cause when any burrowing is TO be
done the web can be folded out of the
way.
The nest Of this curious animal Is un-
derground near stream Of water, and
there are two passages by which il may
be entered; the opening of one passage
is under water, while the other opening
Is in the bank above the surface Of the
stream. This nest is liucd with grass
and weeds, and here, at the end Of the
burrow, which Is sometimes forty feet
In length, the tiny young animals are
raised.
One Of the strangest things about the
ornithorhynchus is that its young ones
are not born alive, as the young Of
other mammals are, but these odd ami
mails lay eggs after the manner of birds
and reptiles. Two eggs are laid at a
time in the nest. and when first Matched
these little creatures with very long
names are quite blind and helpless
| Hdrper'S Young People.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-08-11


which would probably follow such a
procedure, Tad sank hclplessly back
into his niche. He felt as though the
chances were that the conductor would
not believe his story, and he would
probably be given into custody-bag
and baggage-at the next station. So.
OF two evils, he chose the one which
seemed the least, comforting himself
with the assurance that the train would
probably arrive at it, destination very
soon, when he could slip off unob-
served. The voice Of Tad's lady-as
he mentally termed her-disturbed his
perplexed reycrie.
"What time do we get in. John.
dearP" she asked, as she settled her
feet on the comfortable hassock.
From behind his paper "John, dear"
was understood 10 mutter that, pro-
vided the train didn't run of the track
or over an embankment, they were due
about eight a. m. on the following
morning in the city Of Boston
" Boston, oh gimminy crieketsl
haze been and gone and done it now!"
gasped poor Tad, who in moments Of
excitement was apt 10 use language
which nj other times he rather prided
himself on avoiding. because his
mother used TO dislike II so. Tad had
a vague impression that Boston was
sort Of large country town in far-off
region known as "down East" Fur
ther than this he knew not, except that
II was sometimes called the "Hub,
and seemed 10 be sort Of headquar-
ters for culture-whateye that was
and baked beans. AT least so he read
In the city papers.
But, in his small way, Tad was some
thing Of a philosopher. He had not yet
learned that through seeming misfort-
unes the great Fatherhood leads His
children in just the way that proves
best In the end--this knowledge was TO
come. All he could do was 10 keep
from useless fretting, and accept the
situation AS coolly as possible. There
fore, settling down as comfortably as
he could. Tad gave hims elf up to hard
thinking, and, quite naturally. his mind
went backward as well as forward.
Tad's father had been a soldier in the
regular army; and when, few months
before, the news had arrived that he
was killed In a skirmlsh with the In
dians on the frontier, his mother, never
very strong, had seemed 10 receive her
own death-blow, She grew paler and
thinner till AZ length she had 10 give
up work, from lack Of strength 10 run
hsF sewlng'lnaehIne, whloh helped "
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-08-11
uneIean Milking Places.

In hot weather. whenever there is
fermeniing aud deeaying matter, the
atmosphere Is reoking with foul gases.
bacteria and the spores of all sorts OF
microscopic fungoid growths. These
are inhaled by the cows aud get into
the contents Of the pail, IL the milking
Is done in such an atmosphere. The
air in most stables and barnyards is
loaded with these germs Of decay and
disease. They also omanate from slop-
holes around the dairy house, the
kitchen door, and from the pig-pen
and chicken coops-from all masses Of
sourins and putrefying matter-and
they float TO whatever spot the winds
drift 10. All such places can not be
too scrupulously avoided, nor can dry
earth, land plaster, etc, be too freely
used to keep down all foul smells.
Every dairyman should have an acute
smell. nice sense Of cleanliness and q
feeling Of responsibility for the perfec-
tlon ard wholesomeness Of the prod.
nots which hs sugns out -RuraI New
xefhef,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-08-11
A HARD SETBACK.
why Old Uncle Nose Wasn't = Blt Afrai,
of His Tormentor.

why Old Uncle Nose Wasn't = Blt Afraid
of His Tormentor.
There were half dozen Of us sitting
around the depot at Verbeha, Ala,
when an old darkey, evidently just in
from the plantation after 'baccy or
groceries, hove IN sight
Now, hoy " said the Colonel as we
all remarked the old man. ''you keep
still and I'll scare that old nigger out
of II years growth"
With that he called to Sambo and the
old man came up, dofIed his hat and
asked what was wanted.
"Tm General ID. Erastus Longfellow,
and have been sent down here by the
United States Government to look up
the marriage certificates of. colored
people. Have you got yours with
you2"
"N-no, sab"
"You haven't! Then it is at the
housep"
"N-no, sah."
"whatl Have you no marriage cer-
tificate to show?n
deed i maven I, san.
Then, sir, let me inform you that
the penalty is five years in State
prison! Did youlose your certificateP"
"Reckon not, sab"
Never had oneP'
"Nebber"
Great snakes! but it will 20 hard
with you, Uncle Moses! hate to tear
you from your family and send you TO
prison for the rest of your days, but
duty must be obeyed. No certificate
Of marriage, never had one, and
don't suppose you can remember who
married you?"
"No. sab, | can't"
az PiuriJus UHum! But won't you
catch il! Where and when were you
married."
"Nowhar', sah! Nebber got mar'd
tall. Allus dun bin what you white
folks call an old bach-haw! haw!
haw! Detroit Free Press.